Laia Marull Quintana is a Spanish

Spain

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 actress. She has won three Goya Awards

Goya Awards

The Goya Awards, known in Spanish as los Premios Goya, are Spain's main national film awards, considered by many in Spain, and internationally, to be the Spanish equivalent of the American Academy Awards....

 — Best New Actress

Goya Award for Best New Actress

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 for Fugitives (2000), Best Actress

Goya Award for Best Actress

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 for Take My Eyes (2003), and Best Supporting Actress

Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress

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 for Black Bread

Black Bread

Black Bread is a 2010 Catalan-language Catalan drama film written and directed by Agustí Villaronga. The screenplay is based on the homonymous novel by Emili Teixidor, with elements of two other works by him, Retrat d'un assassí d'ocells and Sic transit Gloria Swanson.The film won nine Goya...

(2010). She was also nominated for European Film Award for Best Actress

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 for Take My Eyes.

Marull is known for her work on film, television and stage, and has performed in Spanish

Spanish language

Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

, Catalan

Catalan language

Catalan is a Romance language, the national and only official language of Andorra and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencian , as well as in the city of Alghero, on the Italian island...

 and French

French language

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.

Personal life

Marull was born as Laia Marull Quintana on 4 January 1973 in Barcelona

Barcelona

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, Catalonia

Catalonia

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, Spain

Spain

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. She began her career in an amateurish theatre. Marull is influent in Spanish

Spanish language

Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

, Catalan

Catalan language

Catalan is a Romance language, the national and only official language of Andorra and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencian , as well as in the city of Alghero, on the Italian island...

 and French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

, and has performed in all these languages.

Marull is good friends with American actress Sandra Oh

Sandra Oh

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. She stated she would like to work with Spanish actor Javier Bardem

Javier Bardem

Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem is a Spanish actor. In 2007 he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as sociopathic assassin Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men, and has also garnered critical acclaim for roles in films such as Jamón, jamón, Carne trémula, Boca a boca, Los...

, who had won five Goya Awards

Goya Awards

The Goya Awards, known in Spanish as los Premios Goya, are Spain's main national film awards, considered by many in Spain, and internationally, to be the Spanish equivalent of the American Academy Awards....

 and an Academy Award.

Filmography

Title	Year	Format	Role	Notes
After Hours	1994	Short Film	Laia	A deshoras
The Journey	1994	Short Film	Girl	El viaje
The Station Link	1994	TV Series	Esther Valls Canales	(1994–98) Estació d'enllaç
Sentimental Reasons	1996	Film	Tiffani	Razones sentimentales
Internal Affair	1996	Film	Teresa	Asunto interno
The First Game	1997	TV Film	Núria	Primera jugada
New Fiction	1997	TV Series	Lola	Nova ficció
I Like to See Them Watch Themselves	1998	Short Film	Nerea	Me gusta verlos mirarse
Mensaka	1998	Film	Bea	Nominated—Butaca Award for Best Catalan Actress Butaca Awards The Butaca Awards are a miscellaneous annual theater and film award ceremony held since 1995 in Barcelona, Catalonia to award those who have made valuable contributions to Catalan theater and cinema....
Pirate	1998	TV Film	Àfrica	Pirata
Lisbon Lisbon (film) Lisbon is a 1956 American crime film produced and directed by Ray Milland and starring Milland, Maureen O'Hara, Claude Rains, Edward Chapman, and Jay Novello. An American smuggler based in Lisbon is hired to rescue a wealthy industrialist from behind the Iron Curtain.The film was shot on location...	1999	Film	Verónica	Lisboa
Cain's Shadow	1999	Film	Patricia	La sombra de Caín
Don't Cry Germaine	2000	Film	Catalina	Pleure pas Germaine
Café Olé	2000	Film	Alicia Delgado
Arian's Journey	2000	Film	Isabel Ulloa	El viaje de Arián
Fugitives	2000	Film	Tony	Fugitivas Goya Award for Best New Actress Goya Award for Best New Actress The Goya Award for Best New Actor is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards.In the list below the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees....   Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival Award for Best Actress
Take My Eyes	2003	Film	Pilar	Te doy mis ojos ADIRCAE Award for Best Actress Cinema Writers Cirlce Award for Best Actress Fotogramas de Plata for Best Film Actress  Goya Award for Best Actress Goya Award for Best Actress The Goya Award for Best Actress is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards....   San Sebastián International Film Festival Award for Best Actress San Sebastián International Film Festival The San Sebastián International Film Festival is an annual FIAPF A category film festival held in the Spanish city of San Sebastián .-History:The festival was founded in 1953...   Sant Jordi Award for Best Actress  Turia Award for Best Actress  Nominated—ACE Award for Best Actress  Nominated—Butaca Award for Best Actress Butaca Awards The Butaca Awards are a miscellaneous annual theater and film award ceremony held since 1995 in Barcelona, Catalonia to award those who have made valuable contributions to Catalan theater and cinema....   Nominated—European Film Award for Best Actress European Film Award for Best Actress -1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:-External links:*...
Voices in the Night Voices in the Night Voices in the Night is a compilation album released by UK neo-progressive band Twelfth Night in 2007.-Details:Voices in the Night is a 2 CD set of unreleased recordings from all the vocalists associated with Twelfth Night....	2003	Film	Elisa	Las voces de la noche
The Hidden The Hidden The Hidden is an American science fiction film produced and released in 1987 by New Line Cinema. The film was written by Bob Hunt and directed by Jack Sholder...	2005	Film	Beatriz	Oculto
El Greco	2007	Film	Jerónima de las Cuevas
Pretexts	2007	Film	Eva	Pretextos
9	2009	Short Film	Mari Ángeles
The Valdemar Legacy	2010	Film	Leonor Valdemar	La herencia Valdemar
Black Bread Black Bread Black Bread is a 2010 Catalan-language Catalan drama film written and directed by Agustí Villaronga. The screenplay is based on the homonymous novel by Emili Teixidor, with elements of two other works by him, Retrat d'un assassí d'ocells and Sic transit Gloria Swanson.The film won nine Goya...	2010	Film	Pauleta	Pa negre Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress The Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards....
The Valdemar Legacy II: The Forbidden Shadow	2010	Film	Leonor Valdemar	La herencia Valdemar II: La sombra prohibida
Ermessenda	2011	Mini Series	Ermessenda
The Waves	2011	Film	Blanca	(Post–production) Las olas

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result
ACE Awards	2005	Best Actress	Take My Eyes
ADIRCAE Awards	2004	Best Performance in a Leading Role	Take My Eyes
Butaca Awards Butaca Awards The Butaca Awards are a miscellaneous annual theater and film award ceremony held since 1995 in Barcelona, Catalonia to award those who have made valuable contributions to Catalan theater and cinema....	1998	Best Catalan Film Actress	Mensaka
	2004	Best Catalan Film Actress	Take My Eyes
Cinema Writers Circle Awards	2004	Best Actress	Take My Eyes
European Film Awards	2004	Best Actress European Film Award for Best Actress -1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:-External links:*...	Take My Eyes
Fotogramas de Plata	2004	Best Film Actress	Take My Eyes
Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival	2001	Best Actress	Fugitives
Goya Awards	2001	Best New Actress Goya Award for Best New Actress The Goya Award for Best New Actor is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards.In the list below the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees....	Fugitives
	2004	Best Actress Goya Award for Best Actress The Goya Award for Best Actress is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards....	Take My Eyes
	2011	Best Supporting Actress Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress The Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards....	Black Bread Black Bread Black Bread is a 2010 Catalan-language Catalan drama film written and directed by Agustí Villaronga. The screenplay is based on the homonymous novel by Emili Teixidor, with elements of two other works by him, Retrat d'un assassí d'ocells and Sic transit Gloria Swanson.The film won nine Goya...
San Sebastián International Film Festival San Sebastián International Film Festival The San Sebastián International Film Festival is an annual FIAPF A category film festival held in the Spanish city of San Sebastián .-History:The festival was founded in 1953...	2004	Best Actress	Take My Eyes
Sant Jordi Awards	2004	Best Spanish Actress	Take My Eyes
Turia Awards	2004	Best Actress	Take My Eyes